"Due to the large file sizes and bandwidth needed for Lossless and Hi-Res Lossless Audio, subscribers will need to opt in to ...

What's happening to hi-res audio for TIDAL subscribers ... It's lossless and an open standard. It's a big file, but we'll give you controls to dial this up and down based on what's going on.” ...

Most of these palm-held players are actually hi-res audio streamers now ... So, yes, they do far more than storing and playing lossy MP3 files from iTunes – much as I still love my old iPod ...